Territory



(N0 Model v W. S. GARRELL.

- 00W YOKE.

N0Q50i4,299. -PatentedAug. 29, 1 93..

UNIT}ED STATES WILLIAM SAMUEL CARRELL, OF CHOCTAW CITY, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY,

PATENT FFICEQ ASSIGNOR OB ONE-HALF T0 DAVID L. HORN, OF SAME PLAGE.

COW.-YOKE.

SPEGIFIGA'IION forming part of Lefiters Patent N0. 504,299, date I August 29, 1893.

Application fi1ed June 20, 1893. Seria1 N0. 478,222. (N0 model.)

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM SAMUEL CAR- RELL, a eitizen of the United Staates, residing 'at Choctaw City, in the county 0f Oklahoma, Oklahoma Territory, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Oow-Yokes; and I de hereby dee1are the following to be a fu1l, clear, and exact description of the Invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and nse the same.

This invention relates to devices adapted t0 be attaehed t0 the neeks of animals, such as cows, to prevent them frorn pushing their way through fences, and 1nore particularly through wire fences.

This invention consists in the nove1 coustruction and eoxnbination of the parts hereinafter fn1ly deseribed and c1aimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of the yoke, from above. Fig. 2 is a front view of the yoke showing it in the position in whieh it hangs on the neek of the animal.

A is a bar 01 rod 0f meta1 having a slightly curved central portion a, and eyes b a1: equal distances from its center. These eyes are preferably formed by bending the bar into loops. The ends of the bar are provided with hooks c.

B is the neck-pieee, substantially semi-circular in ferm. One end of this neck-piece is provided with an eye d which engages with one of the eyes b. The other end of the neckpiece is'passed through the other eye b.

O i's a sp1it ring which is slipped. through the hole e in the end of the neek-piece beyond the eye through whieh it; is passedto prevent it from slipping back through the eye.

'Ihe yoke is secured about the neek of the animal. One end of the bar rests on the ground and. the other is in the air. When the anirnal attempts t0 foree its way through a fenee, or attempts to cross a fence that has been broken down, the hook which rests 011 the ground catches the lowest wire or rail and stops the animal.

IVhat I elaim isl. In a cow yoke, the combination, with the bar provided With a hook at eaeh end and an eye on eaeh side 0f its central portion, of a substantially serni-eircular neck-piece pivoted to one of the said eyes, passing through the other said eye and provided with means for seeuring; it, substantially as sei; forth.

2. In a cow yoke,the combination, with the bar provided with a hook ab each end and an eye consisting 0f a 100p in the bar 011 each side of its central portion, of the substantially semi-circular neek-piece provided witah an eye ab one end engaging With one 0f the aforesaid eyes and having its free and passed through the other eye, and a split ring passing through a hole in the free end of the said neck-pieee, substant-ially as and for the purpose sei: forth.

In bestimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SAMUEL OARRELL.

Witnesses: v

J. S. MUZZY, J. G. TAYLOR. 

